ETHS Nature Center

At the ETHS Center Learning Is Natural

By Mary Mumbrue

At a June 7 open house at the Evanston Township High School Nature Center, nature guide Adrienne Hoopengarner, an ETHS junior, was assisting 6-year-old Orrington School student Luke Di Pasquale. She dipped for plankton in the pond, then set up a Petri dish so Luke and other visitors could observe plankton and pond life under solar-powered microscopes.

The Nature Center is designed to provide hands-on experiences like this to enhance the learning of abstract concepts. ETHS students, as well as students in the District 65 EXCITE program, are involved in this experiential education, which engages students of any age in posing questions, investigating, experimenting, solving problems, assuming responsibility and being creative while constructing meaning from their projects. Adrienne, along with the other guides, shared her knowledge, ideas and perspective, not only with children like Luke, but also with many members of the community. This interaction speaks volumes about the commitment of the school toward interactive learning.

The two-acre site occupied by the Center, tucked behind and west of the football field off Church Street, was formerly unused land that had its grand opening as nature center in the fall of 2004. Since then it has been transformed into a variety of habitats: a savannah; a prairie wet-sedge meadow (in early spring, when soil remains saturated); a mesic prairie (tall grasses); wetland ponds; a horticulture study plot; woods; and a rock garden. Teachers collaborated to design the garden and use it regularly with their students. In addition, biology students guided by their teachers, have conducted population studies and investigated the pond's ecosystem.

In an earlier interview (March, 2008) Craig Smith, ETHS science teacher and project director, told the RoundTable that "everything in the ETHS Nature Center is aimed toward education."

Senior guide Hannah Freidman said, "It was a good class to take. We learned a lot and made our own conclusions." Younger students like 9 year-old Oakton School student, Lauryn Poyser, visited the nature center earlier with EXCITE and said she enjoyed seeing all kinds of birds and plants.

The enthusiasm of the many student guides who participated, from those at the registration table to those who lead group tours, contributed to making the open house an enriching experiment for visitors. They pointed out the Center's unique design; its use of recycled products such as plastic boardwalks and parking stops; its classroom pad with demonstration table and benches; and its solar powered services.

The outdoor classroom helps people to understand the impact of their actions on the health of the surrounding ecosystem and global environment. A visitor commented that the Nature Guides were helpful, well-prepared and responded thoughtfully to questions. Cailin Crowe, also a senior, said "It was a really good hands-on experience. The class had really great field trips to steel mills, the Chicago River, Indiana Dunes and different wetlands in Elgin. It definitely teaches us that the world is not coming to an end."

Students conduct short-and long-term research projects using the Center's resources including the role of invasive species, plankton and macrophyte studies, aquatic ecology and environmental water chemistry testing. Field ecological sampling methods, as well as soil investigation techniques, are among the educational uses in science that students learn through the Nature Center.

Mr. Smith explained that each year at the Nature Center is dramatically different. For instance, the prairie that visitors see now was created on this site and was not a restoration of an existing prairie. One goal of the Nature Center is to demonstrate "green" and renewable energy. Future plans include:
• Construction of a permanent classroom/storage/maintenance facility with integrated solar, wind and geothermal energy design components
• Installation of solar power teaching building
• Installation of composting toilet facility
• Installation of an official entrance sign
• Geologic timeline

The center was designed to encourage ecological stewardship while fostering respect for all living and non-living things. Starting as a vision, the site has evolved year by year into the outdoor classroom/laboratory the public visited at the June 7 open house.

When walking through a variety of habitats, it is hard to believe this site was ever unused land. Kate Hartgering, a senior guide, scooped up bullfrog tadpoles from the wetland pond. She said, "Recently, when we were outside in the classroom, the bullfrogs were making loud noises, answering each other from the two parts of the pond like a symphony."

A Brief History of the ETHS Nature Center

Although the nature center opened to the public in 2004, six years of preparation preceded that event.
Below is a timeline of events:

1998 - AP Environmental students develop land-use proposals and submit them to the then-Superintendent Dr. Allan Alson
1999 - Site studies completed, engineering plans for site are developed
2000 - AP Environmental students construct access trails in forest plot, fund-raising actively pursued, construction plans finalized
2001 - Faculty and students begin to use forest plot for ecological studies, fund raising continues, project is put out to bid
2002 - School Board approves construction of an outdoor classroom
2003 - Phase I of construction completed (infrastructure, earthwork, pond)
2004 - Phase II of construction completed (planting, boardwalk) Grand Opening
2005 -Storage shed constructed, entrance boulder designed and installed
2006 -Redwood benches installed, continued tree, shrub & prairie planting
2007 - Rock garden established. Solar powered Aeration system installed
2008 - Solar power curriculum developed, featured on Keep Evanston Beautiful Garden Walk
Source: Evanston Township High School

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Custer's Last Stand Festival of the Arts.

Thousands of people attended the Custer Street Art Fair on June 21 and 22, the largest outdoor event of its kind in Evanston. The fair has been attracting crowds since 1972. More than 350 artists and craftspeople from across the nation came together to exhibit and sell their work, joined by 150 local businesses that put on old-fashioned sidewalk sales. The festival included live music on two stages, a Native American PowWow, food vendors and a children's area. Even the brief hailstorm on Sunday did not discourage the many visitors. The fair and the live music continued until dusk.

GREEN STORIES

City Tests Waters Twice Daily During Beach Season

By Jordan Graham

"Water Closed, but the sand is still 7 dollars," reads a sign outside Clark Street Beach. The beach, which was closed 14 times last year, will now have its waters tested twice daily.

The summer is in full swing as Evanston's five beaches finally opened their waters for swimming on June 14. As the 73 day swim-season begins, so starts the process of lake-water testing by the Evanston Health Department. Throughout the next few months, the Health Department will extract water samples from the lake so they may be tested for indicator bacteria called Escherichia coli (E. coli).

These bacteria can cause fever and diarrhea, as well as gastrointestinal and urinary tract infections in more extreme cases. The City of Evanston's website defines its measure for beach closings as "235 colony forming units [cfu] of E. coli per 100 milliliters of water." Carl Caneva, the division manager of environmental health for the City of Evanston, says this criterion is standard for most of the North Shore.

He also noted that the number was somewhat arbitrary. "I won't say that at 235 [cfu] you'll definitely get sick," says Mr. Caneva, "It's just that traditionally 235 [cfu] is the number we use...However, chances of symptoms increase with an increase in E. coli levels."

Mr. Caneva says this year, for the first time, the City will test all beaches twice a day - as opposed to only once in past years. The samples, taken at 7 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., cannot be analyzed for some time after they are collected. It takes up to 18 hours to culture enough E. coli to accurately calculate the level in the lake water. As a result, potentially dangerous beaches can stay open for up to a day before they are closed to the public.

Scientists disagree as to what causes these high E. coli levels. Mr. Caneva notes that "many different environmental variables" might be at play in causing the high counts. "Some thought it was due to the seagulls, some thought it was due to runoff, but it also has to do with weather conditions," says Mr. Caneva. In addition, the Chicago Park District's website lists high temperatures, storm water, sand and low lake levels as possible culprits.

The current testing methods are not foolproof by any means. Mr. Caneva says testing small quantities of water cannot necessarily predict E. coli levels for an entire beach. Still, Evanston seems to hold their requirements to a higher standard than their Chicago neighbors. Chicago utilizes a color-based flag notification system to alert swimmers to possible dangers. Though warned, beach-goers may be able to swim at their own risk, even, Mr. Caneva said he believes, when E. coli levels reach close to 1000 cfu. Calls to the Chicago Parks Department to confirm these numbers were not returned.

Evanston's Recreation Division may also voluntarily close swimming areas after heavy rainfall, severe or unsafe weather conditions, or any known incident that may have contaminated the water. The opening of the North Shore Channel locks in Wilmette triggers an immediate closing of all City of Evanston swimming areas for at least 24 hours. For additional information on lake conditions and beach closings, go to www.cityofevanston.org/beach/beach_close.asp or call 848-492-7082.

(Photo goes with above story with the following caption) "Water Closed, but the sand is still 7 dollars," reads a sign outside Clark Street Beach. The beach, which was closed 14 times last year, will now have its waters tested twice daily.

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Tapping Into Evanston's Inland Sea

By Nathan Carley

Supermarkets can stack up all the crates of bottled water they want, but Evanston tap water is available exclusively in City sinks and water fountains.

The Source
Consumers today have an entirely new question of taste to mull over: "What's your favorite water?" While this question may not have been comprehensible twenty years ago, it may be a sign that public tap water is now falling by the wayside.

Sales of bottled water jumped 170 percent between 1997 and 2006, and bottled water now outsells both beer and milk in the United States. Evanston is situated on the coast of Lake Michigan, the world's fifth largest fresh water source, and has a long tradition of tapping in to the great lake. Evanston's first water plant and intake system was built on the lakeshore while Ulysses S. Grant was president.

While vast scientific and technological changes have improved the quality and the quantity of Evanston tap water, the city system is schematically the same. One-mile-long intake pipes draw water from the lake at a depth of 28 feet. Then precisely measured amounts of aluminum sulfate and chlorine are added to suspend and kill impurities while the water proceeds through several filters before reaching the water mains. To prevent tooth decay, a small amount of fluoride is also added to the water.

The Critics
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) monitors public water systems and their sources. Their regulations are stricter than those of the Food and Drug Administration, which monitors bottled water systems and sources. Evanston's last "Source Water Assessment Summary," published by the EPA, notes that the overall quality of Lake Michigan "has greatly improved since the late 1960s" and all 63 miles of the Illinois shoreline attained the organization's highest assessment. The only water quality issue noted is the discovery of the zebra mussel in the Great Lakes, which can reduce the intake capacity and facilitate the growth of distasteful algae.

Evanston closely monitors the possibility of this unsavory algae effect and employs activated carbon to control it when necessary but has not needed to do so in several years. Lara Biggs, assistant superintendent of the City's Water and Sewer Department says, "In fact, in the water plant itself and around the intakes, we don't necessarily have a specific algae problem." Perhaps that is because 15 years ago, only four years after the discovery of zebra mussels in the Great Lakes, Evanston installed a zebra mussel control system and began feeding a chlorine solution during larval stages in late summer to discourage the mussels from inhabiting the intake area.

On May 31, Public Works Day, Evanston kicked off a Tap Water Campaign under the slogan "Tap Water. Good for You. Good for the Environment." About 350 people at the event signed a pledge promoting the use of tap water in the community. The campaign is a dual effort to raise awareness of the quality of the community tap water and the harmful effect of buying bottled water. One source of pride for Evanston was winning last year's tap taste test for Illinois members of the West Shore Water Producers Association. Evanston defeated Glencoe, Northbrook and Waukegan, among others, in the competition.

Opponents of the bottled water industry quickly point to its environmental impact. The trail of plastic corpses it leaves behind does the most serious damage. According to the Earth Policy Institute, a water bottle buried in a landfill takes up to a thousand years to biodegrade. In the United States 86 percent of the plastic bottles end up in landfills or as litter. The American thirst for bottled water demands over 17 million barrels of oil in shipping and production costs from the industry.

Not all tap water is perfect, but the excellence of Evanston's tap water is verified by the EPA's high standards. In a study closer to home, at a Farmer's Market last summer in Evanston 130 people who participated in a blind taste test pitting Evanston tap water against a popular bottled water brand preferred the tap water 4-to-1.

Evanston Art Center: Our Connection to Visual Arts

By Anne Bodine

The Evanston Art Center, founded in 1929, has become one of the largest community art centers in Illinois. What started as a local arts group has become a nationally recognized art center that consists of an art school, exhibitions and an outreach program.

Originally housed in the basement of the old Evanston Library, it is located now at 2603 Sheridan Road. The three-story Tudor mansion on the shore of Lake Michigan began as the private residence of the Harley Clarke family. Harley Clarke, a successful utilities magnate of the Utilities, Power and Light Company, hired noted landscape architect Jens Jensen to design the property's grounds. His natural design included a wooded garden to the north of the building and a fish pond, which can still be seen today.

In 1949, the house was sold to Sigma Chi Fraternity International. The City of Evanston purchased the house from the fraternity in 1963 and in 1966 offered to lease the building to the Art Center for a small fee.

Over the years, the interior has been redesigned to serve its extensive visual arts program, but the original character and architecture of the building has been preserved. The Art School serves up to 3,000 students of all ages each year, offering everything from metal sculpting to Japanese brush painting.

Four professionally curated galleries exhibit some of the region's finest contemporary art. Three of the galleries found on the first floor offer exquisite views of the surrounding landscape and Lake Michigan.

"The Art Center's galleries have put us on the national map," says Alan Leder, executive director of the Art Center. "The Center's exhibitions and sculptures have received national attention because they are developed by artists and curators with a longstanding reputation."

The "Sculpture on the Grounds" program has been the beacon to the Art Center for the past 18 years, attracting people in and off the street. On the front lawn, artists create architectural design to reflect the natural environment. The recent work, "Bird's Nest," was an international collaboration between Chicago artist Shawn Decker and Finnish artist Jan-Erik Andersson. The "nest," partially wrapped in plastic fabric with a tapered top, was based on the nest design of the oriole.

The current outdoor sculpture is "The Nereid Beckon," created by Kansas City artist Matt Dehaemers.

The Center is not located in downtown Evanston, so an effort is made to bring the art into central Evanston. The Evanston Art Center on Tour brings exhibits to hospitals, restaurants and even some local condominium lobbies.

The Evanston Art Center's youth and senior outreach programs make visual arts accessible to the entire community. The youth program collaborates with area organizations such as the Evanston/Skokie District 65 Childcare Program to provide children with hands-on art activities throughout the year. "ArtsAffirm" brings art instruction to disabled and elderly residents.

The Art Center depends on tuition, donations and fundraisers to survive. "It is always a challenge to upkeep this remarkable gem on the lake," says Mr. Leder. Mr. Leder recognizes a decline in donations during times of national crisis and economic downturns but maintains that art is an outlet to help keep people sane.

"Art is therapy for the soul," says Mr. Leder, "and I believe our job is to motivate the inner artist in everyone. The Evanston Art Center is a major force in bringing together people and art, and we are dedicated to making the visual arts an integral part of the diverse population in Evanston."

BOOK REVIEW

'Our Stealing Horses'

A Book Review By Sue Brooke

"Out Stealing Horses," by Per Petterson, the winner of many awards in Europe, has recently been translated and published in English. The Norwegian countryside comes alive as Trond, now 67, remembers 1948, his last summer with his dad.

His father had been frequently gone during the War, absent for much Trond's youth. The father who comes home seems different, quieter.

That last summer, when his father takes him to a cabin in the woods close to the Norwegian-Swedish border, the 15-year-old Trond learns his father had been part of the resistance during the War, helping to transport information and people into Sweden. The people in this small village know his father well, and Trond and his father develop a close relationship as they labor together, felling trees and doing repairs.

Another family not too far away has a boy about Trond's age. Jon does not say much, but those times when he appears at their doorstep around dawn, Trond knows they are in for a great adventure. One morning Trond feels Jon's presence,
even though he never knocks.

Jon says they should go out and steal horses. They will take a running leap and land on the backs of their horses like the cowboys they have seen in Westerns.

They make plans to "steal" a couple of horses from a rich farmer they do not like. Trond jumps from the fence onto a horse, but the landing shakes him up badly.

Every part of his body is screaming at him as he and the horse dash across the meadow. Then the horse bucks, throwing Trond to the ground. Jon is successful in his "steal" and comes galloping over to help Trond up.

Then they walk away, heading down to the river and leaving both horses in the pasture where they belong. Though Trond hurts all over, the summer with his father taught him to ignore pain in order to continue to work. His father told him, "You decide when it will hurt."

Fifty years later Trond, missing his father and grieving over other losses as well, knows he can put these hurts aside and go on.

FILM REVIEW

'The Incredible Hulk'

A Film Review By Brian Murphy

"The Incredible Hulk," Marvel Comics' newest film adaptation, is an action-packed, well-produced blockbuster (my critical superpowers are straining to avoid using a synonym for "incredible"), and is a worthy successor to this summer's first Marvel Comics- inspired blockbuster, "Iron Man."

The critical and box-office success of "Iron Man" has cast a crimson-and-bronze shadow over the green monster of the inked page, the television screen (Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno played the Jekyll-and-Hyde character from 1978-1982) and certainly Ang Lee's woeful 2003 film incarnation.

"The Incredible Hulk" is designed to be a darker, less humorous affair than "Iron Man." While Iron Man's alter ego, Tony Stark, is a playboy-industrial billionaire, David Banner (Ed Norton is solid as the meek, unassuming man) is a genetically mutated abomination, ready to unleash fury when he gets angry or excited. Banner is a loner, hiding from the military that created him, including General Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt), who wants to capture Banner to experiment on him to create a killing machine.

Further, his lover, fellow microbiologist Betty Ross (Liv Tyler, evincing an anguish different from that she revealed in "The Strangers") is the woman whose experiments made him the monster he now must hide from the world.

Screenwriter Zak Penn ("X2," "Fantastic Four") and director Louis Leterrier ("Transporter 2") bank on the notion that their audience has a general feel for the Hulk's origin, so they shuffle through the back-story during the opening credits.

The first third to half of the film is a cat-and-mouse game between Banner and the military. We first find Banner in the favelas of Brazil, trying to eke out a living at a green soft drink-manufacturing plant while staying off the grid. He takes martial arts classes in order to learn how to maintain his cool.

In his continuing efforts to cure his affliction, Banner e-mails a mysterious Mr. Blue (Tim Blake Nelson), a man who offers herbal remedies and studies Banner's blood samples.

When his cover is blown, a thrilling foot-chase ensues, leading to our first glimpse of the computer-generated Hulk. Mr. Leterrier deftly creates a tense build-up sequence every time the Hulk is going to appear. The creature, while animated, seamlessly blends into the filmed backgrounds.

Banner returns home to Virginia in the hope that meeting Mr. Blue will rid him of his curse forever, but even with the military hot on his trail, he cannot resist looking up his old flame.

Mr. Norton, a superb actor ("The Illusionist," "Primal Fear"), is on his game here in a nuanced performance as a man who just wants to be left in peace.

Those eyes are lovelorn and sad until circumstances out of his control bring out his rage.

The humor is sparse but is evident during a love scene in which Banner, monitoring his heart rate throughout, apologetically tells Betty, "I can't get too excited."

Tim Roth provides an excellent nemesis as a cocky British military man who agrees to an experiment to make him an ultimate warrior. His battle with the Hulk is -well -- incredible.

Keep an eye out for cameos by Marvel Comics head honcho Stan Lee and former television Hulk Lou Ferrigno, and be sure to stick around for the epilogue, which, like that in "Iron Man," hints at an upcoming crossover that is bound to be bigger than one of the Hulk's bulging biceps.

Rated PG-13. Running Time: 114 minutes.

The Evanston Diving Team: No Ordinary Volunteers

By Judy Chiss

Repairing massive underwater equipment in Lake Michigan is all in a day's work for two members of the Evanston Water Department's scuba team. Photos by Judy Chiss

If Bob Bauer, crew leader in the Sewer Division of Evanston's Water Department, is wearing a diving suit, fins, mask and an oxygen tank at the Church Street Pier, no one should assume he is goofing off or playing on the job.

He is one of three City employees in the Water Department who make up the scuba diving team, a group that assists in the removal and control of zebra mussels in Evanston's water supply and water treatment equipment.

Mr. Bauer and his diving colleagues, Mike Steinbuck and Gordon Campbell, are all certified scuba divers with 49 years of collective diving experience. They volunteer for this portion of their Sewer Division duties, and their work contributions are saving the City significant outside contract dollars.

Scuba team members prepare for a dive.

The Evanston Water Department's dive team is a small but important part of the 42-person staff that keeps the water utility operating 24 hours/day and seven days/week - filtering, treating and analyzing our tap water.

As the Department treats Lake Michigan water to make it clean and drinkable to more than 350, 000 suburban residents, it relies on large intake pipes that draw lake water into its pumping facilities. These underwater pipes, if not carefully monitored, become infiltrated with the formidable but small freshwater mollusk, the zebra mussel, a hitchhiker mollusk originating in Eastern European fresh waters.

These recent invaders were first noted in 1988 in a small lake connecting Lake Huron and Lake Erie, and scientists believe it is likely that they were transplanted to U.S waters in the discharged ballast water of an ocean ship. The mollusks have been an expensive menace over the last 20 years since they have invaded American rivers and lakes; and many municipalities spend millions of dollars each year attempting to control the small but prolific striped mussels.

Before the Evanston dive team began its volunteer operation 18 years ago, Evanston's annual budget allocated $20,000 for underwater inspections done by contracted divers.

Today the Evanston dive team's contribution far exceeds that amount, in part because the divers manually clear the interior pipes of attached mussels, test the chlorine levels annually, and replace and repair damaged equipment. One of the team members estimated that the City has saved about $200,000 since the inception of the dive team.

"What we're doing looks like lots of fun, but it's pretty hard work, actually," said Bob Bauer. "If you are claustrophobic, you'd have a hard time wearing the gear. When we're zipped into our suits and have the full mask on, only our eyes are visible. We've got earphones and a microphone built in the mask, and every part of the body is covered," he said.

Gordon Campbell, whose regular job in the Sewer Division is maintenance, explained that the cold temperatures of Lake Michigan, (often below 60 degrees) necessitate wearing a scuba dry suit and insulated clothing underneath.

Mr. Steinbuck, superintendent of the sewer division, said the cumbersome nature of the diving gear calls for the team members to use a dive propulsion device, an underwater sea scooter, to maximize diver's energy and the air capacity available. "When I first started diving for the City, I used my own suit and gear, but as things wore out the City has replaced the suit and purchased gear for each of us," Mr. Steinbuck said.

"The scuba work is all voluntary on the part of the team," said Dave Stoneback, superintendent of the Evanston Water Utility. "It's not required. We used to hire contractors but now are able to do it in-house."

Mr. Stoneback explained that the scuba team has the necessary mechanical skills to do the job formerly done by contractors, and that the divers use the new Evanston rescue boat borrowed from Evanston's Parks/Forestry and Recreation Division.

The control technique used by Evanston - a common one used by other water plants - involves injecting warm chlorine into the mouth of the large underwater intake pipes.

Mr. Stoneback noted that the zebra mussel protocol is used when the water is calm and there is minimal wave action that would force chlorinated water back out of the pipes into the lake. The work of the Evanston scuba team is generally done in late summer or early fall, when the lake is warmest. One recent March, however, when the lake temperature was a mere 50 degrees, the team made a dive to replace a broken piece of equipment.

Through video and in-person inspection of the underwater pipes, Bob Bauer said that he and his scuba teammates have noticed a recent decrease in the zebra mussel population in the lake. "We assume the zebra mussel decrease is because the mollusk has a new predator, the round goby," said Mr. Bauer. The goby, a 7-10 inch bottom-dwelling fish also from Eastern European waters, is noted for its voracious appetite, prolific spawning and aggressive behavior.

With the changing ecosystem of the Great Lakes and more exotic species in evidence, it may well be that the Evanston Water Department's scuba team will have a vital job to do for years to come.

Local Notes

Jenkins Named Manager Of Fleetwood-Jourdain Center and Theatre

Elizabeth "Betsy" Jenkins has been named center manager of Evanston's Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center and Theatre. Well-known by those who come to the Center for its many programs and events,

Ms. Jenkins has worked at Fleetwood-Jourdain for the past nine years, first as program manager and more recently as interim center manager. She will assume her new role effective immediately.

Evanston Community Foundation Elects Five New Board Members

The Evanston Community Foundation recently welcomed five new members to the Board of Directors: John Balkcom, Diana M. Cohen, Joan Gunzberg, William "Bill" Logan, and John P. McCarthy.
ECF builds and manages endowments, addresses Evanston's changing needs through grantmaking and provides leadership on important community issues.

For more information visit www.evanstonforever.com or call 847-492-0990.

Free Movies at Mason Park

Movies in the Park returns at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 12. Middle-school students can gather at Mason Park, Florence Avenue and Church Street, for a movie and fun with friends. For more details, call 847-448-8254.